Legal Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

Triumph Consultants Ltd
Triumph Consultants Ltd
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3 weeks ago

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Temporary Legal Assistant/Administrator - Legal

Reference no:
Brent

ay Rate:
£17.48 per hour PAYE

This opening assignment is for 3-4 months A Legal Assistant required to provide support and assist in the smooth running of the Adult Social Care legal team. You will provide advice, draft correspondence and documents to support Lawyers and Principal Lawyers. You will prepare cases for hearings and to process a heavy caseload under supervision.


Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

  • Be responsible for a case load of routine legal work
  • Assist and support other members of staff
  • Prepare bundles for court hearings in accordance with Practice Directions
  • Keep up to date with new and proposed legislation, new cases, and other developments and to review and give basic advice as required
  • Keep more senior staff informed of any important issues arising which may affect the satisfactory progress of cases
  • Conduct searches of the Probate Registry, Land Registry, Office of Public Guardian, and others as required
  • Make appropriate use of information technology
  • Keep up to date with developments in service delivery and best practice to ensure the service performs effectively and to the highest standards.
  • Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults
  • Carry out duties with due regard to the Customer Care, Equal Opportunities, Information Governance, Data Protection, Health and Safety and Emergency Planning & Awareness (including to provide assistance where available) policies and procedures
  • Undertake any other duties commensurate with the general level of responsibility of this post

"Role Requirements" - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:

  • Law degree or substantial experience of working in a legal department
  • Knowledge of the law and practice relating to Adult Social Care
  • Significant experience of administrative work in an office environment dealing with correspondence, filing, preparing documents and using IT systems
  • Good presentation skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing and orally
  • Ability to provide services in a manner which is consistent with the equal opportunities policies
  • Accurate data entry skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to prepare cases for hearings and to process a heavy caseload
  • Ability to undertake routine litigation
  • Ability to prepare cases for hearings
  • Ability to undertake advocacy in routine cases
  • Ability to analyse information, evaluate evidence, solve problems and present solutions at an appropriate level
  • Ability to provide advice and present arguments in a confident, articulate and persuasive manner
  • Ability to develop and maintain good working relations with clients and work collaboratively corporately and departmentally

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:


  • Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
  • Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
  • Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
  • Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

  • Any local authority/public sector experience
  • Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

Job Ref:
Brent

Anticipated Length of Assignment:
Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by c
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